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Lecture given by then Watchtower Vice President Fred Franz on October 1, 1972 at the graduation of the 53rd class of Gilead School. It was also the Annual Meeting of the Watch Tower Society (Jehovah's Witnesses), held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Franz notes that Orthodox Judaism was then celebrating the 5,733rd year since mankind's creation, but that "spiritual Israelites" (JWs) believed according to their chronology that they were "almost smack up" against 6,000 years (not...
Topics: Jehovah's Witnesses, Watchtower, Watch Tower, Predictions for 1975, Fred Franz, Eschatology,...
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"Time in Which We Are Now Interested," lecture given by Frederick W. Franz on February 5, 1975 at the Los Angeles Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California. This was a special lecture given by Fred Franz (then Vice President of the Watchtower Society and one of the main theologians of Jehovah's Witnesses at that time) on the 6,000 year chronology that pointed to the year 1975 as a special year marked in Bible prophecy. At 50:50 minutes, Franz explains that the expected events for 1975...
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Topics: Jehovah's Witnesses, Watchtower, Charles Taze Russell, Joseph Franklin Rutherford, Nathan Homer...
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Dec 15, 2010
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"Hold Fast Our Faith in God's Word," lecture by Fred Franz, given April 1975 in Jackson, Mississippi. At the time, Fred Franz was Vice-President of the Watchtower Society (Jehovah's Witnesses) and would later (in 1977) become President of the Watchtower Society. At 51:00 minutes, Fred Franz discusses how the year 1975 had been discussed in Watchtower publications and how many might be critical of the Jehovah's Witnesses and what they had said about the year 1975.
Topics: Jehovah's Witnesses, Watchtower, Watch Tower, Bible Students, Charles Taze Russell, Joseph Franklin...
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Sep 6, 2009
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"Decision: My Life Story," by Fred Franz. Lecture given approximately 1985. Franz relates his conversion to the Bible Students in 1913 and his subsequent service as a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses. At the time, Franz was President of the Watchtower Society. Franz died at Watchtower headquarters in 1992.
Topics: Jehovah's Witnesses, Watchtower, Watch Tower, Fred Franz, Charles Taze Russell, J.F. Rutherford
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Mar 22, 2009
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"The Writing of Correct Words of Truth." Lecture by Fred Franz, then Vice President of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society at the Peace on Earth International Assembly of Jehovah's Witnesses in 1969. During this lecture Franz released the "Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures", which contains a Greek interlinear translation of the New Testament on the left hand side of the page and the New World Translation in the right hand column. Fred Franz later...
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"What is the Significance of 1975?" Audio lecture given in early 1975 by Frederick W. Franz, then Vice President of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society (Jehovah's Witnesses) at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California. Discusses how Bible chronology points to the year 1975. Franz later served as President of the Watch Tower Society from 1977-1992.
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"Cautious As Serpents Among Wolves," lecture given by Fred Franz on July 24, 1955 at the Triumphant Kingdom Assembly of Jehovah's Witnesses in New York City, NY. Text later appeared in the February 1, 1956 Watchtower. Franz explains the theological rationale for "Theocratic War Strategy": that it is appropriate to withhold the truth from people who are not entitled to it. Franz concludes: "Since the unchristian wolves declare war upon the sheep and choose to make...
Topics: Jehovah's Witnesses, Watchtower, Watch Tower, Fred Franz